The measure was taken out of the Bill, along with other key education policies, because no agreement could be reached between the Government and opposition parties.
Reforms to the curriculum followed recommendations made by the Government-commissioned review by Sir Jim Rose, which advocated extending the play-based approach to learning from the EYFS into Key Stage 1 and a primary curriculum based on six areas of learning (News, 28 October 2009).
Dame Gillian Pugh, chair of the Cambridge Primary Review Advisory Committee, the major independent primary review conducted in parallel to the Rose review, (Analysis, 4 March and 28 October 2009), said, 'Although the Rose proposals will not now become law, some schools have begun to think about the broader issues of what primary education is for, what is an appropriate curriculum, what is effective teaching, and how learning should be assessed.
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